EP3855231A1 - Imaging lens - Google Patents

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EP3855231A1
EP3855231A1 EP21155758.2A EP21155758A EP3855231A1 EP 3855231 A1 EP3855231 A1 EP 3855231A1 EP 21155758 A EP21155758 A EP 21155758A EP 3855231 A1 EP3855231 A1 EP 3855231A1
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    • G02B13/0015—Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras characterised by the lens design
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    • G02B13/00—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
    • G02B13/18—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration
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    • G02B13/001—Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras
    • G02B13/0015—Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras characterised by the lens design
    • G02B13/002—Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras characterised by the lens design having at least one aspherical surface
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  • teachings in accordance with exemplary embodiments of this disclosure relate generally to an imaging lens.
  • a mobile phone-purpose camera module a digital still camera (DSC), a camcorder, and a PC camera (an imaging device attached to a person computer), all connected with an image pick-up system.
  • DSC digital still camera
  • PC camera an imaging device attached to a person computer
  • the mobile phones are being recently miniaturized and thinned in thickness thereof, and mounted with components for performing various functions.
  • the reality is that various researches and development are being waged to pursue miniaturization of an imaging lens of a camera module for mobile phones.
  • Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bright lens optical system configured to realize miniaturization and high resolution.
  • an imaging lens comprising: in an ordered way from an object side, a first lens having positive (+) refractive power;
  • the first lens may take a meniscus shape convexly formed at both surfaces to an object side.
  • the second lens may take a concave shape.
  • the fourth lens may take a meniscus shape.
  • the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses may be aspherical at one surface or both surfaces.
  • one surface or all surfaces of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses may be formed with one or more inflection points.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 1.0 ⁇ ⁇ T/f ⁇ 1.5, where f is a focal length of an optical system, and ⁇ T is a distance from an object side surface of the first lens to an image-forming surface.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 1.6 ⁇ N2 & N3 ⁇ 1.7, where N2 and N3 are refractive indexes of the second and third lenses.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 1.5 ⁇ N1 & N4 & N5 ⁇ 1.6, where N1, N4 and N5 are refractive indexes of the first, fourth and fifth lenses.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 20 ⁇ V2 & V3 ⁇ 30, where Abbe' numbers of second and third lenses are V2 and V3.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 50 ⁇ V1 & V4 & V5 ⁇ 60, where Abbe' numbers of first, fourth and fifth lenses are VI, V4 and V5.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 3.6 ⁇ ⁇ T ⁇ 4.6, where ⁇ T is a distance from an object side surface of the first lens to an image-forming surface.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 2.0 ⁇ F/# ⁇ 3.0, where F-Number is F/#.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of R5 & R6 > 1, where R5 and R6 are respectively a radius of curvature of first surface and second surface of the third lens.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of R5-R6 ⁇ 0, where R5 and R6 are respectively a radius of curvature of first surface and second surface of the third lens.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 0.7 ⁇ (R3+R4)/(R3-R4) ⁇ 1.0, where R3 and R4 are respectively a radius of curvature of first surface and second surface of the second lens.
  • the imaging lens may meet a conditional expression of 10.0 ⁇ I (R5+R6)/(R5-R6) I ⁇ 15.0, where R5 and R6 are respectively a radius of curvature of first surface and second surface of the third lens.
  • an imaging lens comprising: in an ordered way from an object side, a first lens having positive (+) refractive power;
  • the third lens may take a meniscus shape convexly formed at an object side.
  • the first lens may be positioned at a front end of an object side surface with an aperture.
  • the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can realize a bright optical system with miniaturized compact construction and high resolution by being configured with 5 (five) pieces of lenses.
  • FIG. 1 is a constructional view illustrating a camera module lens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the camera module lens is arranged with an imaging lens comprised of a plurality of lenses with respect to an optical axis.
  • an imaging lens comprised of a plurality of lenses with respect to an optical axis.
  • relative thickness, size and shape of a lens may be exaggerated or reduced for clarity and explanations throughout, and spherical or aspherical shape may be proposed as an example, and therefore the shape is not limited thereto.
  • the camera lens module may be arranged with, in an ordered way from an object side, an aperture, a first lens (10), a second lens (20), a third lens (30), a fourth lens (40), a fifth lens (50), a filter (60), a cover glass and a photo-detector (70).
  • Light corresponding to image information of a subject is incident on the photo-detector (70) by passing the first lens (10), the second lens (20), the third lens (30), the fourth lens (40), the filter (60) and the cover glass.
  • an "object side surface” means a surface of a lens facing an object side with respect to an optical axis
  • an “image side surface” means a surface of the lens facing a capturing surface with respect to the optical axis.
  • the first lens (10) may have a positive (+) refractive power
  • the second lens (20) may have a negative (-) refractive power
  • the third lens (30) may have a positive (+) refractive power
  • the fourth lens (40) may have a positive (+) refractive power
  • the fifth lens (50) may have a negative (-) refractive power.
  • the first lens (10) may take a meniscus shape convexly formed at both surfaces to an object side, and the first lens (10) may be positioned at a front end of an object side surface with an aperture.
  • the second lens (20) may take a concave shape and the third lens (30) may take a meniscus shape convexly formed at both surfaces to an image side, and the fourth lens (40) may take a meniscus shape.
  • first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) may be aspherical at both surfaces.
  • one surface or all surfaces of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses are formed with one or more inflection points.
  • the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can realize a bright optical system with miniaturized compact construction and high resolution by being configured with 5 (five) pieces of lenses.
  • 'S1 and 'S2' of FIG. 1 are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the first lens (10), 'S3' and 'S4' are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the second lens(20), 'S5' and 'S6' are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens(30), 'S7' and 'S8' are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the fourth lens(40), 'S9' and 'S10' are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the fifth lens (50), and 'S11' and 'S12' are respectively an object side surface and an image side surface of the filter (60).
  • the filter (60) may be any one optical filter selected from an infrared filter and a cover glass. If the infrared filter is applied for the camera module, the infrared filter blocks infrared ray emitted from external light from being transferred to the photo-detector (70). Furthermore, the infrared filter transmits visible light, reflects infrared ray and outputs the reflected infrared ray to the outside.
  • the photo-detector (70) may be an image sensor including CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), for example.
  • CCD Charge Coupled Device
  • CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
  • conditional expressions and exemplary embodiments are preferred embodiments enhancing an effect of interaction, it would be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not necessarily comprised of the following conditions. For example, only by satisfying some conditions of later-described conditional expressions, the lens construction (framework) of the present disclosure may have an enhanced effect of interaction.
  • Aspheric mentioned in a later- exemplary embodiment is obtained from a known Equation 1, and 'E and its succeeding number' used in Conic constant k and aspheric coefficient A, B, C, D, E, F indicates 10's power.
  • E+01 denotes 10 1
  • E-02 denotes 10 -2 .
  • z cY 2 1 + 1 ⁇ 1 + K c 2 Y 2 + AY 4 + BY 4 + CY 4 + DY 4 + EY 4 + FY 4 + ...
  • Table 1 shows an exemplary embodiment matching the aforementioned conditional expressions.
  • N2 and N3 are 1.65 that matches the conditional expression 2
  • V2 and V3 are 23 that matches the conditional expression 4.
  • Table 2 shows an exemplary embodiment which is a more detailed exemplary embodiment over that of Table 1.
  • Table 2 Surface number Radius of curvature (R) Thickness or distance(d) Refractive index(N) materials STOP* 1.50 0.50 1.53 Plastic 2* -6.92 0.10 3* -18.37 0.27 1.65 Plastic 4* 2.46 0.19 5* 2.94 0.29 1.65 Plastic 6* 3.49 0.26 7* -2.46 0.57 1.53 Plastic 8* -0.84 0.10 9* 2.88 0.47 1.53 Plastic 10 0.80 0.83 11 INFINITY 0.30 1.53 IR-filter 12 INFINITY 0.12 0.22 image INFINITY 0.00 0.00 0.00
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b are graphs measuring coma aberrations according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, where tangential aberration and sagittal aberration of each wavelength based on a field height are measured.
  • a coma aberration correcting function is good as curves approach the X axis from a positive axis and a negative axis.
  • coma aberration correction function demonstrates a superior figure.
  • FIGS.3 and 4 are graphs illustrating an aberration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, where longitudinal spherical aberration, astigmatic field curves and distortion are measured, in order from left side.
  • a Y axis means size of an image
  • an X axis means focal length (unit: mm) and distortion degree (unit: %).
  • an aberration correcting function is good as curves approach the Y axis.
  • spherical aberration, astigmatic aberration and distortion aberration all demonstrate a superior figure.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a graph illustrating an aberration at an infinity location, where a range of the longitudinal spherical aberration is -0.008mm ⁇ +0.012mm, a range of astigmatic aberration is -0.021mm ⁇ +0.016mm, and a range of distortion aberration is 0mm ⁇ +1.5mm.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a graph illustrating an aberration at 10cm location, where a range of the longitudinal spherical aberration is -0.006mm ⁇ +0.017mm, a range of astigmatic aberration is -0.022mm ⁇ +0.020mm, and a range of distortion aberration is 0mm ⁇ +1.4mm, such that the imaging lens according to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can correct the characteristics of spherical aberration, astigmatic aberration and distortion aberration, whereby the imaging lens according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has an excellent lens characteristics.
  • FIGS. 5a and 5b are graphs illustrating MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) characteristics relative to spatial frequency at a lens position according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, where the MTF characteristics depending on changes in spatial frequency (cycle/mm) were measured.
  • the MTF characteristics are ratio values that have calculated a difference of images captured after light having started from a surface of an original object passes through a lens, where if an MTF value is '1', it is the most ideal, and the MTF value decreases, the resolution deteriorates.
  • the imaging lens according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has an excellent optical characteristics.
  • FIGS. 6a and 6b are graphs illustrating characteristics of diffraction MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) at a lens position according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, where FIG.6a is a graph illustrating a lens position at infinity, and FIG.6b is a graph illustrating a lens position of 10cm.
  • the frequency is 227 c/mm, which is a through-focus MTF.

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